Tory whips plot fightback as yet more rebel MPs urge Johnson to quit… “Conservative whips are discussing how to fight back if rebel MPs trigger a no confidence vote in Boris Johnson, with three more Tories pressuring him to go. All Tory MPs will be immediately contacted in a lobbying drive to save the Prime […]
Johnson 1) The Prime Minister ‘plans bonfire of EU laws’ to try and appease rebellious Tory backbenchers after Partygate… “Dozens of EU laws are set to be repealed this year as Boris Johnson seeks to win back the support of Conservative MPs who worry that the Government is drifting in the wake of “Partygate”. The […]
Leadership 1) Brine and Morris send in letters “Two more Tory MPs have revealed they have submitted letters of no confidence in Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Former health minister Steve Brine and Newton Abbot MP Anne Marie Morris join the six backbenchers who have publicly called on him to quit as party leader. The news […]
Windfall tax 1) Sunak says Tories are now the party of big spending “Rishi Sunak has boasted of spending and taxing more than Labour would to help households through the cost of living crisis, as he unveiled a £21 billion package of support. The Chancellor announced £400 off energy bills for every household, plus payments […]
Sunak’s £10 billion rescue plan today will include money off energy bills and a potential council tax rebate “Every household in the country will get extra money taken off their energy bills this autumn under a new cost of living support package to be unveiled by Rishi Sunak on Thursday. The Chancellor is set to […]
Windfall Tax “to be announced within days” with the energy rice cap expected to rise to £2,800 in the autumn “Boris Johnson is this week poised to announce help for millions of households to pay their energy bills as he battles to move on from Sue Gray’s partygate report. The Treasury is finalising plans for […]
Johnson under pressure over party pictures – as claims emerge suggesting he asked Sue Gray to drop her report “Downing Street scrambled to defend Boris Johnson last night after pictures emerged of him raising a glass at a lockdown leaving do as sources claim he suggested Sue Gray should drop plans to publish her Partygate […]
Sue Gray’s report is due to be published this week. What will it say about the Prime Minister? “Gray is understood to have found widespread breaking of the rules, an ingrained drinking culture and, most significantly, a “mass failure” of leadership in Downing Street and at the top of the civil service that led junior […]
Police confirm Johnson has only been fined once. Gray ‘frustrated by police secrecy’. “Scotland Yard is refusing to give details about who it has fined over lockdown parties in Downing Street to Sue Gray, the senior Whitehall official investigating them. The Metropolitan Police yesterday concluded its inquiry into a dozen gatherings, having issued a total of […]
Cost of Living 1) Johnson and Sunak ‘plan to help three million of the lowest paid, offer relief on energy bills, and ease the burden on business’ – as inflation reaches 9 percent… “A triple tax cut to ease the cost of living crisis is being examined by ministers. Rishi Sunak is already drawing up […]
Bailey issues ‘apocalyptic’ warning about food prices and claims he is ‘helpless’ to do anything about inflation “The Governor of the Bank of England has warned of “apocalyptic” global food price rises and said he is “helpless” in the face of surging inflation as the economy is battered by the war in Ukraine. Andrew Bailey […]
Ulster 1) Prime Minister defies warnings over Irish Protocol “Boris Johnson will defy EU and US warnings not to threaten unilateral changes to the Northern Ireland protocol, saying there “will be a necessity to act” if Brussels does not give more ground. However, after Washington warned him against “theatre” over the issue, the prime minister […]
Johnson 1) The Prime Minister is to ‘urge Northern Ireland’s politicians to get back to work’ in visit to Belfast for crisis talks… “The Prime Minister will urge politicians in Northern Ireland to restore power-sharing and ‘get back to work’. Boris Johnson will visit Belfast tomorrow for crisis talks after the DUP blocked the election […]
Johnson 1) The Prime Minister aims to axe 91,000 civil servants to free up £3.5 billion for cost-of-living tax cuts… “Boris Johnson has ordered ministers to slash the size of the Civil Service by a fifth to free up billions for tax cuts. The Prime Minister used a ‘cost of living’ Cabinet meeting in the […]
The EU threatens retaliation if the Northern Ireland Protocol is scrapped… “The EU has vowed to retaliate if the UK rips up a post-Brexit trade deal for Northern Ireland after London’s threat of unilateral action triggered alarm in Brussels and Washington. Joe Biden appealed to the UK to show “courage, co-operation and leadership” to settle […]